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HR 5059 106th Congress House

To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at high-way-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 27, 2000 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Accident preventionAdministrative procedureDepartment of TransportationEmergency Management
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Jul 28, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation.
Jul 27, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 27, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 28, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends Federal transportation law to delay the effective date for implementing regulations requiring that a locomotive horn be sounded by each train that approaches and enters upon each public highway-rail grade crossing. Amends the definition of supplementary safety measure which does not require the sounding of a locomotive horn for the prevention of highway-rail casualties. Excludes from such definition adequate median barriers that prevent movement around crossing gates. Repeals the exclusion from (thus including in) the meaning of supplementary safety measure any flashing lights with gates that do not completely block travel over the line of railroad.
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 27, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5059: To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at high-way-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5059/
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"H.R. 5059: To provide for a delayed effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at high-way-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5059/.
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H.R. 5059, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5059/.
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